{"id":1095,"date":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:17:57","slug":"how-to-improve-english-home-language-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/how-to-improve-english-home-language-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve English Home Language Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1095\" class=\"elementor elementor-1095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnglish Home Language marks rise when learners read more and write more. Start with twenty minutes of reading every day. A novel, a newspaper or a good website all help. Note down new words and use them in your own sentences.\n\nFor essays, plan before you write. A short outline keeps your ideas in order.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Read like a writer, then write like a reader. Check that your sentences make sense out loud.\n\n<cite>Nomvula Khumalo, English Teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nOur English classes in Menlo Park also practise comprehension and language questions from past papers.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African maths tutor standing beside a chalkboard holding an open textbook, with clear empty board space on the l\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a high-school study desk with past exam paper booklets, highlighters, a scientific calculator and a mug, sho\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read a little every day<\/h4>\n\n<p>Most English marks are lost in comprehension, not in grammar. Read a short article or a chapter of a novel each afternoon. Underline words you do not know and look them up. Nomvula Khumalo asks her learners to retell what they read in two sentences.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise writing under time<\/h4>\n\n<p>Pick an old essay topic and write it in 40 minutes. Plan first, then write, then check your spelling and paragraphs. Ask your teacher to mark one essay a week and fix the same mistakes next time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Home Language marks rise when learners read more and write more. Start with twenty minutes of reading every day. A novel, a newspaper or a good website all help. Note down new words and use them in your own sentences. For essays, plan before you write. 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